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Alexander Cornwell
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, last year.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2026
Trump’s ‘crazy’ rebuke undercuts Netanyahu at a critical moment
A leaked phone call this week laid bare the strains that have at times emerged between the two leaders.
People chant during a rally in Tehran on May 6.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
U.S. and Iran inch towards short-term deal to end fighting
The emerging plan centers on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace deal.
U.S. Navy warships sail in an undisclosed location on April 27. A one-page memorandum of understanding reportedly under discussion between the U.S. and Iran has been described by sources as requiring both sides to lift restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
WORLD
May 6, 2026
U.S. and Iran closing in on memorandum to end war, sources say
The memorandum was disclosed hours after U.S. President Donald Trump paused a three-day-old naval mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress in peace talks.
A U.S. military member sits outside the Civil-Military Coordination Center, on the day of a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, last October.
WORLD
May 2, 2026
U.S. to close its flagship Gaza mission as Trump plan stalls
Diplomats said the move underscores the difficulties facing U.S. efforts to oversee the ​truce and coordinate on aid.
Massive airstrikes fall on Beirut, following evacuation warnings issued for seven districts on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2026
Israeli strikes pummel Lebanon, killing 250 in deadliest day of war
The strikes raised questions about regional truce efforts, with Iran’s president saying a ceasefire in Lebanon was essential to his country’s agreement with the U.S.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Diplomatic efforts to halt the war in Iran were on the verge of collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight push to secure a temporary ceasefire.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
‘Talks were almost dead’: Pakistan’s last-ditch effort to secure Iran war truce
The effort nearly unraveled after Iran struck a Saudi petrochemical facility that threatened to derail weeks of back-channel diplomacy.
A woman trapped in a damaged building waits to be rescued following an Israeli strike in Beirut on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
Iran says peace talks would be ‘unreasonable’ following Israeli strikes
Tehran and Washington have laid out sharply contrasting agendas for talks set to start on Saturday, but it was unclear whether the ceasefire would ‌hold until then.
The Iran conflict has created ‌one of ‌the largest supply shortages in global energy market history, pouring political pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump to quickly end it.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Trump says U.S. may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO
The U.S. will soon end its war on Iran, the U.S. president said, while scaling up threats to pull out of NATO over what he sees as its failure to support Washington with the war.
The white contrails left by Israeli fighter jets streak across the sky above the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2026
Israel’s military to occupy swath of southern Lebanon, defense minister says
More than 1 million people have ‌been displaced by strikes and evacuation orders, though thousands remain in parts of the south.
On Saturday, ​Trump had ‌warned that Iranian power plants would be destroyed if Tehran failed to "fully open" the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping within 48 hours. Trump set a deadline of around 7:44 p.m. EDT on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2026
Trump delays threat to bomb Iran power plants as he touts progress in talks
The price of the Brent crude oil ​benchmark was down around 7% near $104.
Smoke rises from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 12, 2026
Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships
The war unleashed with joint U.S. and Israeli air strikes nearly two weeks ago has so far killed around 2,000 people, mostly Iranians and Lebanese.
A banner of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei with late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on a building, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
Heaviest day of strikes yet on Iran despite market bets that war will end soon
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they would block oil shipments from the Gulf unless U.S. and Israeli attacks cease.
A woman cries near a Diplomatic Police station destroyed by airstrikes in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 4, 2026
Conflict widens as Israel and U.S. again pound Iran; oil soars, shares slide
Global stock markets slid as the disruption of Middle East energy supplies threatened to reignite inflation.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Sept. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and who has joined so far?
While responses from U.S. allies have varied, others such as Belarus have accepted.
Palestinians walk among piles of rubble and damaged buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
Gaza truce progress slow as Israeli-Hamas violence persists
The Gaza Health Ministry said on Monday that at least 342 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire since the start of the truce on Oct. 10.
A member of the civil defense walks next to a fire truck as the team searches for bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a severe lack of equipment and capabilities needed to recover the victims, according to Palestinian Civil Defense, in Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump threatens Hamas amid push toward next steps of Gaza truce
With the existing truce already shaky, the U.S. and mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are trying to move toward the far more complicated second phase of talks.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport as Trump leaves Israel en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal, in Lod, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2025
Trump convinced Netanyahu to take a deal. Can he keep him on board?
With Israel and Hamas divided over many aspects of Trump’s plan, Netanyahu’s approach may shift as he attempts to keep his right-wing coalition together for next year’s elections.
Smoke billows skyward during an Israeli strike on the besieged Palestinian territory on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 18, 2025
Israel opens new route out of Gaza City as death toll passes 65,000
Many of those sheltering in the city are reluctant to follow Israel’s orders to move south because of dangers along the way and fear of permanent displacement.
A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2025
Israel vows to kill Hamas leaders next time if they survived Qatar attack
Israel’s widely condemned Doha operation was especially sensitive as Qatar has been hosting and mediating in negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
Smoke and flames rise as an Israeli airstrike hits a house in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2025
U.N. says time is short to stop famine spreading as Israel bombards Gaza City
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are said to be already experiencing or at risk of famine in areas including Gaza City, where Israel launched a new offensive against Hamas.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan falls in gut-wrenching fashion as Brazil strikes late to win World Cup clash
Brazil's Gabriel Martinelli (right) shoots past Japan defenders Shogo Taniguchi (left) and Takehiro Tomiyasu to score in the second half of a match in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston on Monday.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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